
BlackBerry Mobile Data System 4
BlackBerry MDS Application runtime environment
Runtime environment
BlackBerry MDS application runtime environment components
Runtime
component
Description
Application and
content servers
and databases
Applications and content reside on servers behind the corporate firewall. The BlackBerry
MDS Services manage connections between the application and content servers and
BlackBerry devices.
Communication
protocol and
content types
The BlackBerry MDS Services communicate with application servers and content servers
using the following protocols:
• SOAP/HTTP
• Custom data/HTTP
• XML/HTTP
• HTML/HTTP
• WML/HTTP
BlackBerry
Enterprise Server
with BlackBerry
MDS Services
On the BlackBerry Enterprise Server, the BlackBerry MDS Services are designed to extend
enterprise systems to BlackBerry devices. The BlackBerry MDS Services encompass the
following services:
• The BlackBerry MDS Connection Service provides TCP-and HTTP-based connectivity
between mobile applications on BlackBerry devices and enterprise applications that
reside behind the firewall.
• The BlackBerry MDS Application Integration Service supports web services and other
standard mechanisms for integrating mobile applications with enterprise
applications. The application integration service also manages transmitting
application data messages between BlackBerry MDS Studio applications and back-
end systems.
• The BlackBerry MDS Provisioning Service controls which applications users can
download to BlackBerry devices and manages installating wireless applications on
BlackBerry devices.
• The BlackBerry MDS Data Optimization Service transforms existing server-side
content and data into a format that is optimized for efficient wireless transmission
and for use on mobile devices.
• The BlackBerry MDS Administration and Management Service manages policies,
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